Chen Yan, Dabovic Branka, Annes Justin P, Rifkin Daniel B
Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
FEBS Lett. 2002 Apr 24;517(1-3):277-80. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02648-0.
Latent transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) binding protein (LTBP)-1, which is easily secreted, has been shown to enhance the secretion of TGF-beta. Here we show that another member of the LTBP family, LTBP-3, is not secreted by several cell types, but secretion occurs after coexpression with TGF-beta. The secretion of LTBP-3 requires complexing of LTBP-3 with Cys33 of the TGF-beta propeptide.
潜在转化生长因子-β(TGF-β)结合蛋白(LTBP)-1易于分泌,已被证明可增强TGF-β的分泌。在此我们表明,LTBP家族的另一个成员LTBP-3,在几种细胞类型中并不分泌,但与TGF-β共表达后会发生分泌。LTBP-3的分泌需要LTBP-3与TGF-β前肽的Cys33形成复合物。